The Proceedings of the 4th International Conference of Social Science and Education, ICSSED 2020, August 4-5 2020, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

Research Article

Interpreting Identity of Republika.co.id as Indonesian Islamic Media News Regarding Corruption Cases

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  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.4-8-2020.2302476,
        author={Yuri Alfrin Aladdin and Rustono Farady Marta and Likha Sari Anggreni and Karman  Karman and Nur Aini Shofiya Asy’ari},
        title={Interpreting Identity of Republika.co.id as Indonesian Islamic Media News Regarding Corruption Cases},
        proceedings={The Proceedings of the 4th International Conference of Social Science and Education, ICSSED 2020, August 4-5 2020, Yogyakarta, Indonesia},
        publisher={EAI},
        proceedings_a={ICSSED},
        year={2020},
        month={11},
        keywords={identity islamic media republikacoid supreme court of justice sara mills},
        doi={10.4108/eai.4-8-2020.2302476}
    }
    
  • Yuri Alfrin Aladdin
    Rustono Farady Marta
    Likha Sari Anggreni
    Karman Karman
    Nur Aini Shofiya Asy’ari
    Year: 2020
    Interpreting Identity of Republika.co.id as Indonesian Islamic Media News Regarding Corruption Cases
    ICSSED
    EAI
    DOI: 10.4108/eai.4-8-2020.2302476
Yuri Alfrin Aladdin1,*, Rustono Farady Marta2, Likha Sari Anggreni3, Karman Karman4, Nur Aini Shofiya Asy’ari5
  • 1: Universitas Al Azhar Indonesia, Masjid Agung Al-Azhar, Jln. Sisingamangaraja No.2, South Jakarta, 12110, Jakarta, Indonesia
  • 2: Universitas Bunda Mulia, Jln. Lodan Raya No. 2, North Jakarta, 14430, Jakarta, Indonesia
  • 3: University of Sebelas Maret, Jln. Ir. Sutami No.36A, Surakarta, 57126, Central Java, Indonesia
  • 4: Ministry of Communication and Information Technology of Republic of Indonesia, Jln. Medan Merdeka Barat No. 9, Center Jakarta, 10110, Jakarta, Indonesia
  • 5: Universitas Darussalam Gontor, Jln. Raya Siman Km.6, Ponorogo, 63471, East Java, Indonesia
*Contact email: yalfrin@gmail.com

Abstract

Identity of Republika.co.id is also known by public has a very closed relationship with Indonesian Muslim communities and tend to follow the voice of Muslim people. So, how Republika publish its news related with corruption issues, if the issues related with a Muslim prominence people? Especially issued the news articles about Indonesian Supreme Court of Justice decided to revoke the law prohibiting ex-corruptor to register themselves as a candidate for legislative members. Some of the ex-corruptors come from Islamic political parties in Indonesia who want to come back as legislators. The decision made such pros-cons among Indonesian people represented on Indonesia medias. In this research, the authors use Critical Discourse Analysis of Sara Mills method to know how the Republika – as an Islamic oriented media -- publishes a corruption issue. The result of this research, Republika supported the Indonesian Supreme Court of Justice’s decision by a number of reasons.